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It's been an incredible week at the plate for Ryan Raburn, who could now be positioned as a frontrunner for one of the Indians' bench jobs. Also, roster hopefuls Trevor Bauer and Yan Gomes continue to impress, but does either player have a legitimate shot at making the Major League roster? The IBI's Steve Orbanek touches on these players and more in this week's edition of the Spring Training Notebook.

The once-hot Cleveland Indians don't look so hot anymore as the team lost its third straight Spring Training game on Thursday. Pitching was a major problem for the Indians as right-hander Zach McAllister allowed five runs in his two innings of work. Vinnie Pestano and Daisuke Matzusaka also had so-so outings, but there were a few positive takeaways. Join the IBI's Steve Orbanek as he recaps all the action and offers some positive points.

After beginning the spring season with five straight wins, the Cleveland Indians lost their second straight game Wednesday after the Tribe fell 5-1 to the Seattle Mariners. The Tribe only mustered five hits, but there were still impressive outings from some players, including Nick Hagadone and Yan Gomes. Join the IBI's Steve Orbanek as he touches on those performances and offers some takeaways from the Spring Training defeat.

The Tribe are 5-0 and on a roll after they topped the Oakland Athletics (a much better nickname than the A's) 14-10 on Monday. Join the IBI's Arthur Kinney as he looks back at this game and the best and worst performances of the day, all while working in references to Casey Coleman, Jackson Browne, the Cincinnati Reds, and THE Ohio State Buckeyes.

The Cleveland Indians built off their already impressive spring start with two more strong performances on Sunday. On Friday and Saturday, the Tribe relied on its offense, but it was Tribe pitchers who led the charge in Sunday's contests. Join the IBI's Jake Dungan as he recaps both contests and touches on the Indians perfect 4-0 start.

The Indians continued their offensive onslaught on their Ohio and Goodyear partnership by piling 13 more runs onto the Reds. It was the second consecutive game in which they scored 10-plus runs, and at the center of that was Ryan Raburn, who blasted another two home runs in his quest to make the Indians 25-man roster. Join Jake Dungan as he wraps up game #2 of spring training.

Finally! It's here! Baseball is back! Well, sort of. Cactus League action kicks off today as the Cleveland Indians will be in action at 3:05 p.m. against the Cincinnati Reds in Goodyear, Arizona. The IBI's Steve Orbanek provides all the details of today's game and also recaps the week that was for Indians players at the Goodyear Complex in this week's edition of the Spring Training Notebook.

With Spring Training underway in Goodyear, Arizona, Jim Piascik and Steve Orbanek continue trying to keep things fresh and not bland here at IBI, previewing the 2013 Cleveland Indians in an unconventional way. They've been sending e-mails back and forth to figure out where they stand on the team heading into Spring Training, with today's focus on the bullpen.

The Indians have always been known to bring a lot of minor league free agents into Spring Training, but there's a different vibe surrounding this year's crop. With names like Daisuke Matsuzaka and Matt Capps, the quality of this year's signings seems well above the ones seen in previous seasons. The IBI's Michael Goodman touches on how this year's signings may impact the Major League team...

While the weather may still be chilly in Northeast Ohio, there's a much different climate in Goodyear, Arizona, where all Indians players have now arrived for spring training. While there are some familiar faces and some new ones, the IBI's Steve Orbanek touches this week on some of the new names that aren't getting all the publicity: the minor league signings. How do they fit in with this year's club? Find out after the jump.

There's only two days left until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, so in the spirit of the season, the IBI's Steve Orbanek debuts the first edition of the Spring Training Notebook. This week, Steve looks at five burning questions for the Indians as the team heads into spring training. Who will be the team's fifth starter and who will fill in as backup catcher? Steve offers his take on these questions and more after the jump.

A new feature to (finally) debut on the IPI today, "The Radar Report". This is a self-explanatory report that will provide low, high, and average fastball velocities on a weekly basis for several prospects in the Indians' system. This week's report has radar information on close to two dozen players.

Indians minor league spring training is officially over. Here is the recap from the final full day of action on Saturday as the Indians held three intraquad games and had close to 80 players in action. We also get a glimpse at what Zach MacPhee is up to and why he is not opening with a full season team, what the plans are for Jared Goedert and Jeremie Tice, and more.

Minor league camp wraps up today with a camp day and then tomorrow players will depart for full season destinations. Tony recaps the events from Friday on the eve of the final day of spring training and has all the highlights, position updates, new starting pitching options and more.

Indians right-handed pitcher Cole Cook had a tough first full year in the organization last season as he struggled with his performance and had some injuries at the beginning and end of his season which affected his play. This season Cook hopes to rebound and show what he can do now that he is finally 100% healthy.

Only a few days left in Indians' minor league camp as most of the players will break camp on Sunday morning. Tony recaps all of the game action from yesterday, talks about another round of releases handed down yesterday, some more position changes in the works, and starts connecting the dots on who is going where to open the season.

The Indians had another camp day yesterday at minor league camp where all the players were present at the facility for a light morning workout and then participated in three very short intrasquad games before breaking for the day shortly after noon. The pitching dominated yesterday as the four full season affiliates threw a combined 17.0 shutout innings and allowed just 5 hits. Also, Eric Berger starting? It may happen.

Some sad news from Indians camp today as the Indians released seven players. Tony discusses the releases and also provides some insight on who may be next. Also, he recaps the four minor league games from Tuesday and provides all the stats and details on how each player did, and discusses a possible Beau Mills position change.

The Indians had a camp day yesterday down in minor league camp, but they still held two six-inning intrasquad games and also played an extra game with the Reds with their lower level guys. Tony recaps all three games in today's update, and the highlights from yesterday came from pitchers Elvis Araujo (pictured) and Kyle Blair, and offensively Tim Fedroff and Dorsyss Paulino had nice games at the plate.

Indians outfielder Hunter Jones has been in Arizona for quite some time since being drafted in 2010, but he hopes that this season he can get to Ohio and play for Mahoning Valley or Lake County. Tony spoke with him out in Goodyear to see how things are going with his transition to the outfield and how he is preparing for the upcoming season. One that he hopes ends somewhere in Ohio.

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